Fishing-spoon.



y(a. ROBERTSON.

FISHING SPOON.

APPLlCATlON FILED IUNE 29| 1914.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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FISHING-SPOON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed J une 29, 1914. Serial No. 847,913.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT ROBERTSON, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFishing-Spoons, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a fishing spoon which has been particularlydesigned for the salmon on the Pacific Coast.

The improvement is directed to the particular form of the spoon by whicha quick erratic lateral movement of the spoon is effected. The form isalso such that comparatively small concentrated high lights areobtained.

The invention is particularly described in the following specification,reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompaned, inwhich:

Figure l is a face view of the spoon as it is supported in the water.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a face view ofthe other side.

The spoon consists of an elongated body 2 of thin sheet metal which iscupped, as at 3, to a segment of a sphere at each end from an oppositeface, the rim of each segment being coincident with the plane of thesurface from which it is stamped. Between the spherical ends 3 the widthof the body 2 is reduced slightly toward the middle. The line swivel 4is attached to one end and the hook 5 to the other, each by an oval link6, the size of the aperture in each end of the spoon and the width ofthe link being such, that the link will move freely in the aperturewithout risk of it kinking or bindingl Jtherein.

Along the medial line of one side of the spoon, see Fig. 3, a raisedportion 7 is secured or embossed, the width of which raised portion isnarrower than that of the body of the spoon so as to leave a border oneach side from end to end. At each end where it passes around the outersurface of the spherical segment at one end and around the inner surfaceof the segment at the other, this raised portion is reduced in width bya gradual taper. The raised portion 7 is polished bright and thatportion of the body 2 surrounding it is oxidized or darkened.

I am aware that prior to my invention fishing spoons have been shaped asan elongated body, the ends of which have been bent and cupped slightlyto opposite sides so as to impart a sinuous or erratic lateral movementto the spoon as it is drawn through the water. It will be noticed,however7 that the body of the spoon is not laterally bent as the edge ofeach cupped end and the body 2 intermediate of the ends are in oneplane.

I am unable to state positively wherein lies the superiority of thisspoon but believe it to be due to the short erratic lateral movement ofit and to the bright band along one side, the border of which band isdark. The superiority of one bait over another soinetimes depends onapparently trifiing features but it is not always easy to explain whythese features are advantageous.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

l. A fishing spoon comprising a flat elongated body of thin sheet metal,the ends of which are provided with cup shaped depressions on oppositesides thereof, means for connecting a line swivel to one end of saidbody and a hook to the other end of the same, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A fishing spoon comprising a fiat elongated body of thin sheet metalwith cup shaped depressions in the ends thereof and on opposite sidesthereof, means for connecting a line swivel to one end of the body and ahook to the other end of the saine, said body having a bright strip-likeportion on one side of less width than that of the body as a wholewhereby to expose a portion of the body, said exposed portion of thebody to be darkened to effect a contrast with the bright strip-likeportion. said strip-like portion extending over and conforming to thecup shaped depressions to the ends of the body, said striptaperingtoward its ends where it passes over said cup shaped depressions,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT ROBERTSON.

wWitnesses ROWLAND BRITTAIN, MAY WHYTE.

